Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 8257-100, James Drake, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Drake James
B.L. St. 8257-100 Issued May 7, 1790 No papers
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October 5, 1933
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Mrs. Winifred Drake Ridall 59 Oxford Avenue Buffalo, New York
Adams JAMES DRAKE B.L. Wt. 8257-100 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 26, in which you request the pension record of James Drake, of New Jersey, who served as a private in the New Jersey Line, and who received Land Warrant No. 8257, dated May 7, 1790, on account of his service.
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 8257, for one hundred acres of bounty land, was issued May 7, 1790, to James Drake, on account of his service as private in the New Jersey Line, War of the Revolution. There is no claim for pension on file on account of his service.
This office has no record of statements made in the application for bounty land, because of the destruction of papers in such early applications, when the War Office was burned in 1800, therefore, no further data relative to the soldier, and none, whatever, in regard to his family.
For information in regard to the location of the land just cited, you should write to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, date of issuance and the acreage.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

59 Oxford Avenue Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 26, 1933.
Pension Bureau , Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sir-
Will you kindly send me the pension record of James Drake of New Jersey, who served as a private in the company of Captain William Helm's , 3 rd and 2nd of 2nd of New Jersey.
James enlisted May 20, 1781 for the war and was transferred in March 1783 to the regiment commanded by Col. Matthias Ogden and his name is last borne on the company muster roll of that Regiment for April , 1783.
The above record was given to me on July 14, 1932, by C.H. Bridges, Major General, The Adjutant General.
I want all the data that may be given on his record. I want to establish the name of his wife, who was Rachel(_____) Drake.
I do not know as she outlived him, but I do know that James died on March 1816 at Reading Center, N.Y. and is buried there.
As to his war record, I have from another party that Washington did not send me his complete record, as he was a private in William Tucker's Detachment, 1st Battalion, Hunterdon County (N.J.) Militia , entered Oct. 17, 1777, and mustered Oct. 31, 1777. (Trenton N.J. certified record).
Very truly,
(Mrs. Winifred(Drake) Ridall.
(Mrs) Winifred (Drake) Ridall.
I have a note that James Drake received a land warrant # 8257 from The United States, dated May 7, 1790. Will you kindly refer this to the proper Department, for a copy of the warrant and where same was located.
If you cannot do this ,send me the instruction who to write to.
Lt. 77 8257, issued May 7, 1790 to sol. as per W.D.R. Yes d, 3 1/2 comm LLO No due for pen.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Drake, James GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8257 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 7, 1790 To John Linn, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.